Nationals

Solar power plant · District of Columbia County, District of Columbia

Nameplate capacity
1.0 MW
Rank in District of Columbia
#19
of 21 plants
In service since
2019
May 2019

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Photovoltaic
Operator
Terraform Arcadia
County
District of Columbia County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
1.39%
Rank among solar plants in District of Columbia
#15 of 17
EIA plant code
62710

Generating units

Individual generating units at Nationals
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
SO435Solar Photovoltaic1.0 MW1.0 MW2019Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

Similarly sized plants in District of Columbia

NCS FCPA LLCSolar1.1 MW
WMATA - Anacostia CSGSolar1.1 MW
7185 13th Pl. NWSolar0.9 MW
Benning RoadSolar0.8 MW

About this data

From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 1.0 MW solar plant and a 1.0 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.

“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All District of Columbia power plants · What District of Columbia actually generates